Lil Wayne's April Fools' Day Tweet About Retiring Is A Weird Move

Ugh, is April Fools' Day over yet? I'm already an anxious and skeptical person, so AFD and I do not mix. I usually disregard any and all suspicious social media posts on AFD, but I had to do a double take when I saw Lil Wayne's April Fools’ joke about retiring. Typically, I would write this off as nothing more than an April Fools’ hoax. But before I could, I was reminded of this critical detail: Just last month, the rapper told MTV News that The Carter V could very well be his last solo album. GASP. Therefore, his April Fools' Day tweet is kind of weird. It went from "harmless April Fools' funny" to "wait just a darn tootin' minute [scratches head]."

So what did he tweet? He wrote, “I’m retiring…April f**kin foolz!” and left it at that. AUGHHHH. Of course it's an AFD joke, right? RIGHT?!

Lil Wayne has no intention of retiring, but The Carter V could in fact be his last solo album (per the MTV interview). The tweet was an April Fools’ joke.

Lil Wayne has no intention of retiring, and The Carter V will not be his last solo album. The tweet was an April Fools’ joke, and his remarks to MTV last month were all a part of the April Fools’ joke. He planned ahead.

Lil Wayne plans on retiring. The “April f**kin foolz” part of the tweet is an April Fools' joke. The April Fools' and the "April f**kin foolz" cancel each other out (e.g., if you say "I brought you a cookie—just kidding! Oh, I was just kidding about just kidding," that means you brought me a cookie after all. How nice!). The "I'm retiring" part is not the April Fools' joke (it's the "April f**kin foolz" joke), so the “I’m retiring” part of the tweet remains.

I feel like an idiot right now. It's probably nothing more than a straightforward joke. He's probably just done with TheCarter albums, but will keep on keepin' on. Way to overthink things, Rohwedder. (Damn you, AFD. Damn you.)